Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 766 He insists, so you give it to him?
Sunday morning.

Li Luo woke up from his sleep, looked around, and kissed Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng on their sleeping faces.

After both girls were woken up by the kisses, Ying Chanxi nudged Li Luo with her head, while Yan Zhusheng climbed onto Li Luo and kissed him back.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi immediately pouted and shoved Yan Zhusheng, who was lying on top of Li Luo: "Aren't you ashamed?"

"Aren't you ashamed?" Yan Zhusheng shook her head. "Does my sister want a kiss too?"

"I won't kiss you."

"Then I'll kiss you for you." After Yan Zhusheng finished speaking, she leaned down and pecked him again, making Ying Chanxi so angry that his teeth itched.

"I didn't say I wanted you to kiss me," Ying Chanxi said irritably. "Don't make decisions on your own."

"I just wanted to kiss you, it was just an excuse," Yan Zhusheng said, blinking. "Sister, you're taking this too seriously."

"Hmph." Ying Chanxi ignored her, got out of bed, put on her slippers, and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Li Luo carried Yan Zhusheng off the bed and followed her inside.

After washing up, the three of them went downstairs for a morning run. After having breakfast, Ying Chanxi drove to the dormitory to pick up Qiao Xinyan so they could go to the city together.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng returned home, delivered breakfast to Xu Youyu, and then went about their own business.

One started writing, while the other went to the piano room to practice.

Xu Youyu, on the other hand, ate breakfast and then continued to sleep in.

After finishing her writing in the morning, Li Luo glanced at the time and realized she still had some time to spare, so she went out to buy some groceries and made Mapo Tofu and Shredded Pork with Green Peppers for Xu Youyu, both of which were her favorite dishes.

"Get up and eat." Li Luo returned to the bedroom and patted Xu Youyu's cheek.

Xu Youyu had actually slept enough, but was too lazy to get up. However, after being lured by the aroma of the food that Li Luo brought in, she immediately opened her eyes, sniffed, and then asked in confusion, "Weren't you and Zhusheng going out to eat today?"

"So I only made two dishes for you." Li Luo patted her bottom. "Get up quickly. It's your favorite Mapo Tofu and Shredded Pork with Green Peppers. Remember to wash the dishes after you finish eating."

"Oh... I still have to wash the dishes..." Xu Youyu stretched on the bed, and immediately became a little reluctant when she heard that she had to wash the dishes. "When can we move to the villa? Then I won't have to wash the dishes myself."

"It's still early," Li Luo chuckled. "Didn't we agree on December?"

"Sigh... I can't wait any longer~" Xu Youyu rolled around on the bed a few times, and finally struggled to get out of bed, went into the bathroom to wash up, and then went to the living room to have lunch.

Li Luo, along with Yan Zhusheng, greeted Xu Youyu and then went downstairs to Times Square to meet up with Xu Yinghuan and Zhao Rongjun.

Originally, Xu Yinghuan had planned to invite more friends out for dinner to celebrate Zhao Rongjun's admission to the Chu Academy.

But Zhao Rongjun felt there was no need to make a big fuss, so he simply contacted Li Luo and the others.

Although their Douyin account is now thriving, and they even received an advertising order this month, earning a few thousand yuan.

But if you treat someone to a big meal, you'll probably spend half of it.

Zhao Rongjun was quite shrewd in this regard, and Xu Yinghuan was willing to follow his lead, remembering what Li Luo had told her before, and did not make things difficult for Zhao Rongjun.

This is also why Li Luo thinks it's not bad for Zhao Rongjun and Xu Yinghuan to get together.

Although Qiao Xinyan might be a better match in terms of social standing, Xu Yinghuan doesn't have the spoiled nature of a rich girl and is quite reasonable.

If her own family background could put some pressure on Zhao Rongjun, motivating him to work harder and be more ambitious, Li Luo thought that would be a good idea.

"Hello, hello~" After receiving Yan Zhusheng's message, Xu Yinghuan waited at the restaurant entrance. When she saw the two of them, she waved enthusiastically and led them to Zhao Rongjun's table to sit down.

As soon as Li Luo sat down, he smiled and congratulated Zhao Rongjun, saying, "From now on, you're a big shot at Zhuyuan Academy too!"

"Don't call me a big shot," Zhao Rongjun quickly waved his hand modestly. "If you want, you can come in anytime. What's there for me to brag about?"

"That's pretty impressive too," Li Luo said with a smile. "Today's a celebration for you, so don't be modest."

“Exactly, exactly.” Xu Yinghuan immediately chimed in, grinning, “Look at me, I couldn’t get in even if I wanted to, but my Ah Jun is really amazing.”

Zhao Rongjun blushed as Xu Yinghuan praised him.

Although he was used to Xu Yinghuan praising him when they were alone, he still felt a little embarrassed in front of outsiders.

At this moment, Yan Zhusheng had already scanned the QR code to order food, ordering a bunch of dishes that Li Luo liked, and then asked Xu Yinghuan across the table, "Do you want to add anything else?"

"Let me see." Xu Yinghuan glanced at it, felt it was about right, and then clicked to place the order.

The four people sat together, and after the dishes were served, they ate and chatted.

Xu Yinghuan kept chattering away, and Zhao Rongjun kept putting food on her plate. Only when he held the chopsticks to Xu Yinghuan's lips could he finally stop her from talking.

Especially when talking about Douyin (TikTok), Xu Yinghuan couldn't wait to share the short videos they had filmed in the past few days with Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng.

It has to be said that Xu Yinghuan really has some talent in this area.

Li Luo initially only provided her with a few template routines, but Xu Yinghuan innovated upon these templates and created new program effects.

Now, more than a month later, their Douyin account has gained more than 30,000 followers.

Although the number is still relatively small, at this stage, we are already receiving some very good business orders.

More importantly, in the past month, Xu Yinghuan has transformed this account into a professional couples blogger account, no longer posting just any random daily videos as before.

"It's a bit of a pity, I used to use it to record my daily life." Xu Yinghuan said with some regret, "Now I can only shoot content related to couples."

“This is a simple problem,” Li Luo said with a laugh. “Just have Jun Ge open an account, and you two can post your daily content on that account.”

"Is this okay?"

“This can even be complementary,” Li Luo reminded. “If the fans on your couple’s account like your interactions more and more, they will become interested in your daily way of getting along.”

"But those casual users only want to see your couple interaction videos, not your daily life."

"So this alternate account can be used to support those loyal fans. If done well, it might even attract traffic in the future."

When creating a self-media account, the tone of the videos is very important.

Especially on Douyin, video streaming is based on big data.

If the content and themes of your videos are too diverse, the accuracy of your recommendations will decrease.

Therefore, Li Luo's move became a very common tactic later on.

He spent many years on the Douyin platform in his previous life, and many of his skills would be considered very effective moves even today.

Thinking about this, Li Luo's previous plans began to become clearer.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but recall the poverty subsidy he had been discussing with Xu Rongsheng recently.

A thought flashed through Li Luo's mind, and he looked at Zhao Rongjun, asking, "How's your computer science going? Can you make software?"

"Huh?" Zhao Rongjun was taken aback for a moment, and said with some difficulty, "I've only just started taking professional courses, so I definitely can't do it... I guess I can only try some simpler ones in my second or third year."

"I see..." Li Luo stroked his chin with some regret. "I was thinking that there might be an opportunity for you to make some money."

"What kind of opportunity?" Zhao Rongjun was a little surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Is it related to computers?"

"Hmm." Li Luo nodded and casually said, "I've been discussing with Uncle Xu recently about collaborating with the School of Literature to provide a scholarship fund for students from impoverished backgrounds." "But then I suddenly wondered, if the School of Literature is in charge of distributing this scholarship fund, will it actually reach those who truly need it?"

"Then I thought, could we make software to detect and analyze data such as cafeteria meal cards, so that we could directly identify impoverished students, transfer money to their cards, and only use it for meals and the purchase of daily necessities?"

“This…” Zhao Rongjun frowned and thought for a while, “The method you mentioned is theoretically feasible, but it would be a bit difficult to implement in practice.”

"After all, if you want to achieve this effect, you have to get the school to grant you access to the meal card system data."

"If we can't connect to the data, even if we develop the software, it's all for nothing."

"That's true." Li Luo had just thought of this and mentioned it casually. After Zhao Rongjun reminded her, she realized what he meant. "Can you do that? Or can you help me find a few senior students in the computer science department at school?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rongjun scratched his head and said, "This shouldn't be difficult. The software itself isn't technically advanced; the key is in analyzing the accuracy of the algorithm for impoverished students."

"As long as you do this well, everything else is a small matter."

"If you can handle the school's data interface issue, I'll help you find a suitable candidate."

“Sure, no problem.” Li Luo smiled. “Then you’ll be in charge of the team.”

"Huh? Me?"

"Who else could it be but you?" Li Luo rolled her eyes at him. "What kind of relationship do we have? I feel at ease with you watching over me, and you can also get some practice and learn a few tricks from me."

“That’s right,” Xu Yinghuan chimed in from the side. “Since Li Luo has said so, you should try your best too. How many people have the opportunity to get practical experience in their freshman year?”

"Well, I'll give it a try," Zhao Rongjun said a little shyly. "The main problem is that I'll be asking senior students for help, and I'm afraid I won't do a good job."

"I'll have Huanhuan help you out then," Li Luo said casually. "It's just managing a team; consider it a learning experience."

This software requirement was something Li Luo came up with on a whim, and it just so happened that it gave Zhao Rongjun something to do.

After lunch, Xu Yinghuan told the two of them to stay with her. The four of them spent the afternoon playing in Times Square before parting ways in the evening.

……

On Monday, after Li Luo finished attending Xu Rongsheng's modern and contemporary literature class, he went to see Xu Rongsheng again.

"The subsidy fund won't be ready so quickly." Xu Rongsheng thought he was here to ask about that, so he spoke first. "I've already submitted the application, but we'll have to wait for the school's Party Committee meeting this week to discuss it in detail."

"Oh, no rush. I have something else I wanted to ask Uncle Xu," Li Luo said, shaking his head.

"What else?"

"After the follow-up subsidy fund is approved, I want to develop related software..." Li Luo briefly explained his idea. "Everything else is easy to arrange, but the main thing is that the school needs to open the interface for the cafeteria meal cards. Uncle Xu, do you think you can find a way to fulfill this requirement?"

"This..." Xu Rongsheng frowned and thought for a while, "This falls under the category of information technology-related matters, which I don't know much about. I'll have to ask the school's information technology office what they say."

"That……"

"I'll ask around for you when I have time," Xu Rongsheng said. "The school has always encouraged students to be innovative, and your idea is not bad, but it's more suitable for computer science students. Why did you suddenly think of doing this?"

“You still remember Zhao Rongjun, right?” Li Luo said with a smile. “He’s in the computer science department. I just wanted to give him something to do, and I think this software will be quite useful once it’s finished.”

"Okay then," Xu Rongsheng nodded and said, "I've got it. I'll let you know when I get any news."

"Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Xu. I'll treat you to a meal next time."

"No need to be so polite." Xu Rongsheng glanced at him, recalling the incident when they passed by Li Luo's car last night, and his eyes suddenly became deep. "Just be nice to Youyu."

"Cough... I've always been very nice to Sister Yu."

"That's good." Xu Rongsheng patted Li Luo's shoulder, which showed his good manners; he didn't pinch him too hard and then took his leave.

If it were Ying Zhicheng, upon learning that Li Luo had bullied his daughter in the car, he would probably have dragged him to the boxing gym for a three-hundred-round fight.

……

Xu Rongsheng was very efficient; he sent Li Luo a message the next day, along with two documents.

The titles above are "Education Informatization 2.0 Action Plan" and "Smart Campus Support Project Standards," respectively.

[Xu Rongsheng]: Fill out the support project plan form. It's best to have someone who knows software write it to make the plan more professional.

[Xu Rongsheng]: If you can pass the review, you can become a recipient of project support, which is quite beneficial.

[Li Luo]: Received, thank you Uncle Xu.

After replying to the message, Li Luo carefully examined the two documents, and then his expression turned strange.

Originally, he was thinking that if he could get access to the school cafeteria's meal card data, he might be able to make some money selling the software he created.

For Zhao Rongjun, this should be considered a considerable income.

To his surprise, the document Xu Rongsheng sent included a quota for a school-supported project.

If you are approved, you will receive corresponding project funding based on the project and team size.

Furthermore, the subsequent results also belong to the team.

Is there really such a good thing?

It's no wonder it's Qianjiang University; they really have money to burn.

Li Luo glanced at the document once, then sent another copy to Zhao Rongjun, telling him to take care of it.

"Let's go." Ying Chanxi peeked in from outside the room and said to Li Luo, "Xinyan is still waiting for us. Hurry up, don't be late for the audition this afternoon."

"I'm here." After explaining the situation to Zhao Rongjun, Li Luo got up and walked out of the room, hugged Ying Chanxi and kissed her on the cheek. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Kissing so suddenly, aren't you ashamed?" Ying Chanxi grumbled under her breath.

"Should I ask you for permission first?" Li Luo chuckled. "Dear Ms. Ying, may I have the honor of kissing your delicate, fair cheek?"

"Ugh, that's disgusting." Ying Chanxi blushed slightly and pushed him away, but Li Luo pinned her against the wall. "What are you doing?"

"If your face doesn't work, how about this?" Li Luo leaned closer and said with a smile, "Should I submit another application?"

"No need... um! Hmm..."

The two lingered in the corridor for a long time until Yan Zhusheng, who had just been called by Ying Chanxi to press the elevator button, realized something was wrong and turned back, which finally made them stop.

"My sister's been sneaking food again," Yan Zhusheng commented expressionlessly. "So naughty."

"I didn't," Ying Chanxi retorted irritably. "It was Li Luo who insisted on kissing me."

"He insisted on kissing you, so you gave in?" Yan Zhusheng asked. "You must have seduced Li Luo first."

"That's something only you would do, right?" Ying Chanxi couldn't help but roll her eyes. "People can only judge others based on their own habits, and you're one of them."

“I never seduce Li Luo.” Yan Zhusheng shook her head. “I always kiss him directly.”

Ying Chanxi: "..."

"Alright, alright, stop arguing." Li Luo put his arm around each of them and led them out of the house, giving Yan Zhusheng a kiss as a make-up. "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)